CHARLIE CHAPLIN/SYDNEY CHAPLIN

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CHARLIE CHAPLIN/SYDNEY CHAPLIN
A bamboo walking stick with yellow metal collar inscribed With Best Wishes To Charlie Gilbert from Sydney Chaplin Film Co. Los Angeles, California - 35¾in. (90.8cm.) long; a publicity photograph of Charlie Chaplin with his printed facsimile signature; and a reproduction of a photograph of Mrs Sydney Chaplin nee Gilbert playing tennis, both - 7 x 5in. (18 x 12.5cm.). (3)

來源

Charlie Gilbert to whom the cane was given was Mrs Sydney Chaplin's wife Minnie's first cousin.

拍品專文

According to the vendor Minnie Gilbert met Charlie Chaplin's half brother Sydney when he and Charlie performed with Fred Karno's company in the Manchester area. Sydney and Minnie eloped in 1912 and Minnie kept up a correspondence with her cousins the Gilberts of Manchester. When Sydney visited London in 1921 to make A Little Bit of Fluff and Charley's Aunt at Elstree Studios, Charlie Gilbert's children were invited to stay with Minnie and Sydney at The Piccadilly Hotel for five days. It was during this visit that Sydney gave this cane of Charlie Chaplin's to Charlie Gilbert whom he knew to be a fan.